02 May,2017 12:15 PM IST | Mumbai | Ajit Bezbaruah
Is everything well in the Royal Challengers Bangalore's camp? And can AB de Villiers be blamed for RCB's defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede? Few things that happened on the ground seem to suggest so
Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, Aniket Choudhary
Virat Kohli. Pic/AFP
Is everything well in the Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) camp? And can AB de Villiers be blamed for RCB's defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede yesterday? Few things that happened on the ground yesterday seem to suggest so.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketer Aniket Choudhary. Pic/AFP
When MI needed 24 runs from 13 balls, Aniket Choudhary went up to AB, who was fielding at long-on fence, and asked him what to do. Interestingly, skipper Virat Kohli, who was fielding at the long-off fence tried to intervene and shouted some instructions to Aniket who bowled a quicker one, a little short of length, and Hardik Pandya pulled him over mid-wicket for a six. Kohli took off his cap in disgust and his displeasure was palpable.
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Talking to the media after the game Aniket said: "With 24 to get from 13, I asked AB what to do, because he had seen me bowl a lot in the nets and he had appreciated my efforts.
AB De Villiers and Virat Kohli
"So AB advised me to bowl a quicker one here as I had already bowled five slower ones in that over and that he (Pandya) could be ready for the slower one.
"He (AB) is such an experienced player so I did accordingly and went for a six. Virat later said that I made a mistake by bowling a quicker one."
